CVE-2001-1171

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Nov 12, 2026

Description

Check Point Firewall-1 3.0b through 4.0 SP1 follows symlinks and creates a world-writable temporary .cpp file when compiling Policy rules, which could allow local users to gain privileges or modify the firewall policy.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0046.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0046.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 1, 2002
Last modified: Nov 12, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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